An intensive study of the size and composition of submicron atmospheric aerosols at a rural site in Ontario, Canada

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 722-736

  Rupakheti, Maheswar ^a   Leaitch, W Richard ^b   Lohmann, Ulrike ^d   Hayden, Katherine ^b   Brickell, Peter ^b   Lu, Gang ^b   Li, Shao Meng ^b   Toom Sauntry, Desiree ^b   Bottenheim, Jan W ^b   Brook, Jeffrey R ^b   Vet, Robert ^b   Jayne, John T ^c   Worsnop, Douglas R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RURAL AREAS;

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; NON METHANE HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS (NMHC); TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING MICROBALANCE (TEOM); VACUUM AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ETHYLBENZENE; GAS PHASE NON METHANE HYDROCARBON COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; PROPYLENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AEROSOL; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING MICROBALANCE;

EID: 25444475822     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820500182420     Document Type: Article

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